FCCB 200 - Pick a Holiday

 Happy Monday and welcome to another Monday challenge at FCCB!

Challenge #200: Pick a Holiday

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I decided to go with an Easter card for this challenge.  I know we have St. Patty's Day right around the corner, but Easter will be here before I know it.  And since I send more Easter cards than St. Patty's Day cards I figured this would give me a chance to get a head start on my Easter cards!

I used one of the fun images on the Teddy Bear Parade cartridge.  This little guy reminds me of the little boy in the Christmas Story movie when he puts on the bunny pajamas his aunt made him.  That movie is one of my brother's favorites, so I'm thinking this card will be going to him and his family.  :-)

I added a little doodling and a couple of gems.  A twine bow and button and a Martha Stewart border punch finish off my card.

Join in the fun over at FCCB this week!  Link up your project for any holiday - birthdays count too!!  Remember, to qualify for the prize, you must use at least 1 Cricut cut on your project and if it's not obvious, let us know what cartridge you used.  Thanks for stopping by!

Recipe:

Solid cardstock from Recollections

Pattern paper from The Paper Studio

Easter bear from Teddy Bear Parade cut at 3.5 inches

Martha Stewart Scallop 3-dot border punch

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

Twine from The Twinery

button from my stash

i-rock gems

white Sakura gel pen

Guy Birthday Card

Happy Thursday!  I hope you are all having a good week!

As many of you may already know, I have a hard time with cards for guys.  I recently needed a birthday card for a guy, so I was (of course) stressing a bit.  I decided to search around on Pinterest a bit, and luckily I found a few ideas.  I didn't get the link to the original creator that inspired this card, so I'm sorry I can't share that with you!

This is a Cricut-less card, which is a rarity for me.  I cut the squares and rectangles with my usual paper cutter.  I cut the two circle layers with my EK Success Circle Scissor Pro (a really easy tool to use and very handy to have around too!).  The banner was handcut.

I used a My Pink Stamper sentiment, taping parts off and stamping one word at a time so I could center the sentiment inside the circle.  Some doodling and embossing finish off the card!

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful week!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern cardstock from American Crafts Dots and Stripes pad
Zig zag embossing folder
Sentiment - My Pink Stamper's Sweet Baby set

Bee-lated Birthday Card

Happy Thursday!  I hope you are all having  good week.  After two weeks in a row with a day off in the middle of the week, I'm just trying to get used to having to go to work for more than two days in a row.  Is anyone else struggling with this??

I hate having to make belated birthday cards, because that means I missed someone's birthday, but sometimes it happens.  Here's a quick belated birthday card I made recently.

I love all the images on the Create a Critter cartridge, especially this little bee.  I hid the face cuts on my Gypsy so I could use a cute Peachy Keen face instead.

I popped the bee up on some fun pattern paper and added a My Pink Stamper sentiment.  Quick and easy!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Enjoy the rest of your week!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV and Recollections
Pattern paper from American Crafts Color Crush pad
Bee from Create a Critter cut at 3.75 inches
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Wide Eyed Kids Assortment
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Even More Punny-licious set

FCCB #187 - Animal Crackers

Happy Monday!  It's time for a new challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week we're looking for your projects that have an animal on it.

Challenge #187 Use an Animal

Create a project with an animal on it

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I decided to make a Thanksgiving card for this challenge.  I had a turkey image in mind when I sat down to make this card, but as I was flipping through the Create a Critter 2 booklet I saw this cute squirrel and I quickly changed my mind.

I added some faux stitching to my image, and finished off my card with a twine bow and button.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation!  Be sure to visit the FCCB blog and join in the challenge. You just need to use 1 Cricut cut to be eligible to win a prize from our sponsor!

Recipe:

Solid Cardstock from Recollections

Pattern paper from The Paper Studio

Squirrel from Create a Critter 2 cut at 3.5 inches

Fiskers Threading Water border punhc

Twine from The Twinery
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

White Sakura gel pen

Button from my stash

FCCB 186 - Ribbons and Buttons

Challenge #186: Ribbons and Buttons

Use at least 1 ribbon and 1 button on your project

Happy Monday!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Ribbons and Buttons.  We want you to use at least 1 ribbon and 1 button on your project.

For my project, I made a card for a good friend of mine from college who is expecting her first baby - a little girl - in a few weeks.  She and her husband are decorating the baby's room in Winnie the Pooh.  This was the perfect excuse for me to break out my Winnie the Pooh cartridges!

I used her shower invitation as the inspiration for this card.  The invitation had a white base, then yellow and pink layers, and had a strip of polka dots, and Winnie the Pooh, too!  So, I used yellow and pink as the primary colors for my card.  Instead of using polka dot paper, I embossed the background layer with my Polka Dots embossing folder.  I tied yellow crinkle ribbon around the card, and dressed up the bow with a twine bow and button.

I used my Imagine to color white cardstock just the right colors for Winnie the Pooh and his shirt.  I was able to find the RGB codes online.  Instead of using the print and cut feature on my Imagine though, I printed squares of color, then cut the image on my Expression.  Sometimes my Imagine leaves just a tiny border of white around the image when it cuts, and I didn't want that on this image.  

This was my first time putting one of the Pooh images together.  It was a little tricky to piece together, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.  My sweetie was surprised I had made it - he thought I had bought it!!

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Thanks for stopping by to take a look at my creation!

Recipe:

Cardstock from Recollections

Winnie the Pooh from Pooh Font cut at 3.75 inches

Polka Dots embossing folder

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life set

Crinkle ribbon

Twine from The Twinery

Button from my stash

FCCB 182 - Black and Purple

Happy Monday!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is a color challenge.  We want you to use Black and Purple as the main colors on your project.

My first thought was Halloween - it is right around the corner after all!!  I decided to make some mini treat bags.

I saw a tutorial on Pinterest for making bags out of 8 1/2 x 11 paper with no cutting, only folding.  Check out the tutorial HERE and some great examples HERE.

I used Create a Critter 2 for all my cuts.  I started with this cute spider wearing a witch's hat.  I found this spider web paper in Paper Studio pad I have and thought it was the perfect background for this little guy.

I think the vampire bat is another cute Halloween image on the Create a Critter 2 cartridge.  And below is one of my favorites - the little owl wearing a witch's hat.

The tags were rectangles of cardstock that i used my corner chomper on to round the corners.  Then I punched a hole and put in a grommet using my Crop-A-Dile.  I used bakers twine for my handles, feeding it through the grommet on the tag when I attached them to the bags.

The back side of the bags are all the same.  I found this image on Create a Critter 2 as well.  I covered the letters in Glossy Accents so it would have a fun shine.

These were fun to make and I'm excited to hand out a few special Halloween treats in them!

Be sure to link up your black and purple creations at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening!  I'm looking forward to seeing them!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections
Pattern paper from The Paper Studio
Spider from Create a Critter 2 cut at 2.5 inches
Vampire bat from Create a Critter 2 cut at 2 inches
Owl from Create a Critter 2 cut at 2.75 inches
Boo from Create a Critter 2 cut at 2 inches
Sentiments from My Pink Stamper's Spook-alicious set
Bakers Twine
Stickles
Glossy Accents

First Birthday Card

Hello everyone!  I hope you're all having a great week!!  The weather has cooled down a bit here, so I'm thrilled about that - no more triple digit heat indexes!!

One of my sweetie's cousins recently celebrated her first birthday.  Her mom sent out the cutest invitations, which inspired me when I created her birthday card.

The invitations had a polka dot background and a couple of butterflies on it.  I'm not sharing the actual invitation because it also included a picture of the cute birthday girl and I wasn't sure how her mom felt about having her baby's picture shared on the internet.  I hope you all understand!!

The colors of the butterfly are similar to one of the butterflies on the invitation and I managed to find some polka dot paper with the same colors too.  I embossed the yellow layer of the wings and gave my butterfly a sweet Peachy Keen face.  A crinkle ribbon bow topped off with a twine bow and button finish off the card!  :-)

I also want  to remind everyone about a fantastic challenge coming up at Fantabulous Cricut on Monday.  We have a wonderful sponsor - Cricut Vinyl Supplies.

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Thanks for stopping by today and I hope to see a lot of vinyl creations next week linked up over at Fantabulous Cricut!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Butterfly from Create a Critter cut at 2.75 inches
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Face Assortment
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Sweet Baby set
Crinkle ribbon, twine and a button
Crop-a-Dile corner chomper

FCCB 175 - Heat Wave

Happy Monday!!  I'm sure you all know what Monday means - time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Heat Wave - create a project using something associated with the summer heat.  This challenge is perfect timing for me here in the Midwest.  We've been pretty spoiled for most of the summer - temperatures haven't been too hot and we've had a few rainstorms here and there.  But the past week or so has been a different story.  It's been hot and humid and it looks like it's going to be that way for at least the next week or so!

Earlier this summer, my sweetie and I went down to the Lake of the Ozarks and stayed with some of his family.  We had a great time out on the boat and playing around the pool.  I made this card thank you card for them.

We spent a good bit of time out on the lake, just floating and relaxing and when I saw this image of the girl floating in the inner tube it reminded me of floating out on the lake.

I embossed the water for some texture and added a tiny crystal gem to the flower on the girl's cap.  I used the hide contour feature on my Gypsy to hide the cuts on her face so I could use one of my cute Peachy Keen face stamps.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my creation! Be sure to link up your summer creations to the Heat Wave challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening!!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Bazzill, Recollections and We R Memory Keepers
Girl floating from Pack Your Bags cut at 3.5 inches
D'vine Swirls embossing folder
Face from Peachy Keen Stamps Everyday Character Face Assortment
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life set
crystal gem

Belated Birthday Card

Hello!!  Yes, I am actually posting something today!!  It feels like it has been forever since I've posted or spent any time crafting.  I've been trying to get used to my new schedule at work and figuring out when I'll have time to fit in my crafting, running, golf and of course housework and spending time with my sweetie!  I think I'm starting to get it figured out though and I was actually able to spend some time crafting this afternoon.  :-)

I needed to make a belated birthday card and decided to play along with a challenge while I was at it.  Over at Die Cuttin Divas they're having an Ice Cream challenge this week.  I started flipping through some of my Cricut handbooks and found this cute image of an ice cream sundae with a birthday candle.  Perfect!!

Can you see where I crinkled the dish on accident as I was adding some of those ice cream layers on top??  Darn it!!  I would have had to cut out nearly everything again to redo it, and I just didn't want to use that much paper.  I'm too frugal!!

A fairly simple card, but I got my creative juices flowing!  Thanks for coming by to take a look!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Sundae from Sweet Treats cut at 3.25 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
Crinkle Ribbon
Twine from the Twinery
Button from my stash
Glitter

FCCB 168 - Cute as a Bug

Happy Monday!  It's time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!!  This week's challenge is Cute as a Bug - include any bug on your project.

I looked through all my stamp sets and couldn't find a bug-related sentiment that appealed to me when I was making this card.  So I decided to find a cute bug and go with a more generic sentiment instead.

I cut this cute dragonfly from the Paisley cartridge, using my Gypsy to hide the cuts on the face so I could use a Peachy Keen stamp instead.  It's hard to tell in the pictures, but I added glitter to the dragonfly's wings.

I popped the dragonfly up using pop dots and finished the card off with some twine and a button.  A pretty simple card that I am sure will come in handy as a thank you or just to send a friend a little note sometime.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!  Be sure to link up your creations that include a bug and at least one Cricut cut over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday!  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from American Crafts Hip Hip Hooray pad
Dragonfly from Paisley cut at 3.75 inches
Face from Peachy Keen's Everyday Character Assortment
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
Twine from The Twinery
Button from my stash
Glitter
White Sakura gel pen

Happy Father's Day

Hello and Happy Sunday!  I hope you are all enjoying your weekend!!  I ran with a good friend yesterday morning, then spent most of my afternoon and evening scrapping with another good friend.  This morning I played golf, and now I have a little more time to spend crafting.  It's been a wonderful weekend!

I decided I better get my Father's Day cards made since the day will be here next weekend already.  Man this year is just flying by!  I made this card for my dad, who is a  big golfer.  I used the sketch from this week's challenge over at Die Cuttin Divas as my inspiration.

I always think golf and plaid go together for some reason.  Anyone else??  I found this paper as I was flipping through my DCWV Stack 7 pad and thought it would be perfect for my dad's card.

I embossed the golf ball with the Polka Dots embossing folder, then adhered the golf ball to the image face down so the it would create dimples in the golf ball.

Thanks for coming by to see my Father's Day card!  I have two more I need to get made, and I'll be sharing those soon!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern paper from DCWV Stack 7
Golf club and ball from Father's Day cut at 2.17 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Polka Dots embossing folder

FCCB #163 - Ribbons Ruffles and Bows

Happy Monday!!  It's time for another great challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Ribbons, Ruffles and Bows.  We want you to use 2 types of ribbon on your project, along with a Cricut image of course!

I have a handful of birthdays in the family in June, so I needed to get a few birthday cards made.  I made this card for my step-niece, who is celebrating her birthday on Wednesday.

I tied crinkle ribbon around the background layer then tied a twine bow on a button for my two ribbons.  I also added Glossy Accents to the chocolate swirl on the cupcake.

Thanks for coming by to check out my card.  Be sure to link your projects that use at least one Cricut image and two types of ribbon over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening.  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from My Minds Eye Happy Day 6x6 paper pad
Cupcake from Sweet Treats cut at 4 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life set
Crinkle ribbon
Twine
Button
Glossy Accents

FCCB #161 - Oh Baby!

Good morning and happy Monday!  I hope you all had a great weekend!!

Monday means another great challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut.  This week's challenge is Oh Baby!  Create any project for a new baby, just be sure to use your Cricut!!

I don't know anyone who's expecting right now, so I thought I'd make a couple simple baby cards to have on hand so I'm prepared should the need arise.

I used 9 Months and New Arrival for my onesies.  I added a little glitter to the flower on the girl onesie and to the duck on the boy onesie.

I finished each card off with twine tied through a button, and a few crystal gems.

Be sure to link up your baby projects to Fantabulous Cricut by this Sunday evening!  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from DCWV and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from Teresa Collins Sweet Afternoon pad
Girl outfit from New Arrival cut at 3.75 inches
Boy onesie from 9 Months cut at 3.75 inches
Sentiments from My Pink Stamper's Everyday Life and Fabulous Phrases sets

Twine from The Twinery

Buttons from my stash

Crystal gems
Glitter

FCCB 160 - Congratulations Graduate

Happy Monday!  Mondays mean a fun new challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Congratulations Graduate and we want to see you graduation projects!

I made this card for a friend of my sweetie's who is getting his undergraduate degree this Friday.  I wanted to incorporate the school's colors, yellow and blue, into the card somehow.  Because this card is a guy, I decided to go with a couple simple bands of ribbon in the school colors.

I embossed the background paper for a little added interest, wanting to keep the card fairly simple overall since it's for a guy.  Cards for girls are so much easier I think - it's so fun to add glitter, bling and bows!!

Be sure to link up your graduation projects at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening.  We can't wait to see what you come up with!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Recollections and DCWV
Graduation cap from Wrap It Up cut at 3 inches
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio
Polka Dots embossing folder
Black embossing powder

Flower Pot Card

Happy Mother's Day to all of the mothers out there!  I hope you are all able to celebrate in your own special way!!  My mother moved out of state a couple of years ago, so I'm not able to spend the day with her, but I'll be thinking about her a lot.  My sweetie and I are planning to play golf, and I'm hoping my mom is able to do the same!

I have seen a few flower pot cards recently and was inspired to give one a try myself.  I used the Walk in My Garden cartridge for the flower pot and the daisies.

To create the flower pot, I simply cut 2 of the flower pot images, then used adhesive only on the outside edges of the sides and bottom of the pot.

Then I was able to cut a piece of pattern cardstock that would fit inside the flower pot.  I attached my flowers to the top of this piece of cardstock.

I hand trimmed the bottom part of my pattern cardstock so that it would fit inside the flower pot a little better.  Then I cut a piece of white cardstock to layer on top with my stamped sentiment.  The back side of my pattern cardstock is white, so I was able to write a message to my mom there.

Thanks for stopping by to see my creation!  Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

Recipe:
Solid cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections
Pattern cardstock from DCWV
Flower pot from Walk in My Garden cut at 3.3 inches
Daisies from Walk in My Garden cut at 2 and 2.25 inches
Swiss Dots and Polka Dots embossing folders
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set
Ribbon from The Paper Studio

FCCB 159 - Mother's Day

Happy Monday!  I hope you all had a fabulous weekend and were able to get some scrappin' done on National Scrapbook Day!

Monday means another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Mother's Day and we want to see your fabulous Mother's Day cards!

I created this card for my grandma, who loves hummingbirds.  She has a hummingbird feeder on her back patio and she enjoys watching them come to eat.

I found this simple hummingbird image on the Lyrical Letters cartridge - not a cartridge I would have thought to look on for a bird image!  It's always fun when you find hidden images like that, I think!!

I popped the hummingbird up using pop dots to give it a little dimension and added pearls to the centers of the flowers for a little something extra.

Thanks for coming by to take a look at my project.  I'm looking forward to seeing your Mother's Day cards.  Be sure to link them up over at Fantabulous Cricut by Sunday evening!!

Recipe:

Cardstock from Bazzill and Recollections

Hummingbird from Lyrical Letters cut at 2.5 inches

Branch and flowers from Tie the Knot cut at 3 inches

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

Pearl gems

White Sakura gel pen

Belated Birthday Card

Happy Saturday!  Do you have some fun plans for the weekend??  I got my run in this morning, but the rest of my day is pretty free.  The crummy weather here has forced us to alter our plans.  While I'm a bit disappointed, I'm going to look at the bright side - having a pretty free day means I can now spend some time downstairs crafting.  It's National Scrapbook Day and I'm excited to work on some projects!!

Die Cuttin Divas is having an Anything Goes challenge this week.  Perfect for me as I'm getting back into my crafting goove.  I created a pretty simple belated birthday card, sticking with bright primary colors against an embossed white background.

Thanks for stopping by to check out my card!  I'm heading downstairs shortly to get to crafting.  I hope you're able to spend some time scrapping today too!!

Recipe:
Cardstock from Recollections
Balloons from Wrap it Up cut at 3.75 inches
Happy Birthday embossing folder
Twine from My Craft Spot
Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Fabulous Phrases set
White Sakura gel pen

FCCB 158 - Paper Roses

Good morning and happy Monday!!  Monday means time for another fun challenge over at Fantabulous Cricut!  This week's challenge is Paper Roses - we want to see your projects with paper flowers on it.  I made this Mother's Day card for my sweetie's step-mother.

I got these fabulous Teresa Collins papers from my good friend and DT sister Missy.  Beautiful colors and patterns that can be used for so many occasions - thanks Missy!!

The flower was cut from the Flower Shoppe cartridge in multiple layers then curled by hand to give it more dimension.  A pearl in the center and a double bow tied from crinkle ribbon finishes it off.  I kept the rest of the card pretty simple so that the focus could be the pretty flower.

Thanks for coming by to take a look at my card!  Be sure to link up your projects with paper flowers to the challenge at FCCB by Sunday evening.  I'm looking forward to seeing your creations!!

Recipe:

Cardstock for card base from Recollections

Pattern papers from Teresa Collins's Sweet Afternoon stack

Flower from Flower Shoppe

Labels Four dies from Spellbinders

Sentiment from My Pink Stamper's Happiest Moments set

Crinkle ribbon

Pearl gem